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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ………………………….……………
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I. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………….……
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II. THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE STATUTES
PERMITTING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IS WELL
SETTLED & ABSTENTION CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED …..….
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The California Court System Has Acted Under Color of
State Law to Violate the U.S. Constitution & ADA Title II ….
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The California Court System’s Failure to Fund ADA
Compliance Is Discriminatory ……………………………….
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III. SYSTEMIC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION BY THE
CALIFORNIA COURT SYSTEM HAS EVADED REVIEW ….
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A. The District Court Ignored the Plain Law of the Ninth Circuit ...
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B. The Supreme Court Confirmed What Was Already Law in
the Ninth Circuit ……………………………………………...
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C. CRC 989.3 is a Trap for the Unwary Disabled ………………
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IV. THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL MACHINERY CANNOT
PERFORM ITS IMPARTIAL TASK OF ADJUDGING CASES …
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A. The Court System’s Failure to Fund ADA Title II Compliance is
Direct Evidence of Deliberate Indifference to Disability
Discrimination ………………………………………………….
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B. Officers of the California Court Have Obstructed Justice ……..
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THIS COURT MUST ERADICATE THE CALIFORNIA COURT’S
SYSTEMIC COERCION & RETALIATION AGAINST THE
DISABLED …………………………………………………………
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The District Court’s Ruling Bars As-Applied ADA Title II
Retaliation Suits ……………………………………………... 10
1. Ninth Circuit law permits prisoners to pursue retaliation
claims in federal court …………………………………..
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2. Governmental retaliation against citizen whistleblowers
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The District Court’s Ruling Ignored ADA Title II’s Prohibition
Against Coercion and Retaliation ……………………………..
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C. The California Court System’s Retaliation Reflects Its Intent
to Obstruct Justice ……………………………………………. 13
VI. THIS COURT MUST RESOLVE THE INHERENT TENSION
AMONG ADA TITLE II, THE DOCTRINES OF JUDICIAL/
QUASI- JUDICIAL IMMUNITY & THE ROOKER-FELDMAN
DOCTRINE ……………………………………………………….
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A. The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Disfavors Civil Rights …….…
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1. The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine penalizes plaintiffs who
use available state administrative remedies…………...…..
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As-applied by the California court system, the Rooker-
Feldman Doctrine is a tactic to wrongly dismiss
constitutional challenges to California rules of court ……..
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B. CRC 989.3 is a Non-Adversarial, Purely Administrative
Process that As-Applied Undercuts ADA Title II ………..…
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VII. THE CALIFORNIA COURT SYSTEM’S HISTORIC PATTERN
OF PERVASIVE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN COURT
PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES HAS EVADED
REVIEW …………………………………………………………..
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A. The District Court Ignored the Plain Law of the Ninth Circuit .. 21
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B. The California Court System’s Historic Pattern of Pervasive
Disability Discrimination is Apparent from the Facts ……..
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1. Appellees’ statement of facts is a post hoc rationalization.
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The totality of the judges and court executives actions show
a pattern of pervasive disability discrimination, deliberate
indifference, discriminatory animus and retaliation in
violation of ADA Title II under the aegis of CRC 989.3 …
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Appellant’s state lawsuit refiling is contingent upon
obtaining meaningful relief from pervasive disability
discrimination ……………………………………………..
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VIII. CONCLUSION …………………………………………………..
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE …………………………………..
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ……………………………….……….
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ADDENDUM
Professor Chris Sanchirico, “Evidence Tampering,”
Duke Law Journal, February, 2004, Volume 53, No. 4